Car-replacer.



1 \LABLE 00 .No. 784,647. BE AVA PATENTBD MAR. 14, 1905. G. E. WISE.

OAR REPLAGER.

APPLICATION FILED 00'1" 12.1904

%s A Inventor.

Httomegs UNITED STATES size"? M Allie LE CO Patented March 14. 1906.

CHARLES E. WISE, OF PARKERSBURG, \VEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO. JAMES K. FLETCHER, OF PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

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SPEOIFICATTOHfQrmiIlg part of Letters Patent No. 784,647, dated m}; 14, 1905 I I lpplication filod October 12. 1904. Serial Ko;228,183.

1'0 all who'ni it My concern:

Be it known that LGHa-BLEs E. WISE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parkersburggjin the county of Wood and State of West Virginia, have invented a new andpseful Car- Replacer, of which the following ,is a-specification. p f

This-invention relates to devices employed for replacing derailed cars upon the rails, and has'for its object to improve the construction and 'increas'ethe'efliciency of devices of this character. Y

With theseand other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter .fully described and claimed.

. In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which correare denoted by like designatsponding parts ,is illustrated the preferred ing characters,

form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the several parts maybe re-- sorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan'view of the member to extend between the rails. Fig.:2isatransverse sectionalview of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the member to be placed outside the rail. Fig.4 is a transverse sectional view of Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views, on a reduced scale, of the two members comprising theimproved device.

The improved device comprises two members represented, respectively, at 10 and 11-, said members being preferably formed of caststeeltand each member provided with a platform sloping in opposite directions from a central point 12 downwardly toward the ends web 15 along one 7 I gitudiual channel 6 for-engagement with the 13 and 14. Each gnembe'r' is provided with a heads of the*rails17,' the platforms of said de= thereof, having a lonmembers being inclined in adownwardlycu'rvin'g line 18 from the point 12 to the railengaging web 15. Each member is also in clined to a horizontal plane at the side opposite the web 15, as. indicated at 19, and provided with a wheel-flange engaging stop-rib 20, disposed along the line of iuncture of the reversely-i'nchned surfaces, there beinga handhole 21in each'sloping side to assist in handlingthe-members. Thedown'wardly-curving surface l8 'of one member 11 mergesfat the center into the upper surface of the web 15 to 'carry thewheel-flange over the head of the rail, as indicated at 22, while the member 14 is provided with a longitudinal channel 23 be tweenlthe web 15 and the dowuwardly-curving surface 18 ofthe sametp receive the wheelflange and prevent the wheel of the car'from riding the rail. p i

' In using the device-the member 10 is placed between the rails 17 and seated on the ties 24' adjacent to the wheels of the derailed car or other vehicle, while the member 11 is placed on the ties outside the opposite rail. As the derailed car is drawn forward the wheels run upon the" inclined surfaces and their flanges are guided by the ribs 20 upon the downwardly'curving surface 18 and caused to slide laterally thereover by gravity, and "as the car continues to. move forward the wheels are guided irito position'upon the rails. The members 10 and 11 are relatively wide at the ends 13 and 14,, so that they will receive thederailed wheels of the car when positionedat a considerable distance from the rails, thus naturallyincreasing the scope of the device. The members are also preferably long enough to extend over at least two of the ties 24,.so as to afford ample support for the same. It will be observed that the portion 12 of the member 11 is higher than the corresponding portion of the member 10, so that the derailed car will be caused to move laterally with greater force, andt us insure proper movement of. the latter w ile mounting themmers.

outer wall of the channel 16, is relatively longor' depending and extends nearly to the tieflanges of the rails, so as to increase the sta' are also'prorided on the lower edges of the device w i'iga g e the ties 24 and assist in preventing .tccidental displacement of the replacer.- v

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is' ,A car-replace! comprising a pair of 111cm bers each provided with a platform-inclined from the center downwardly towardits opposite ends and having a web along one side 7 fthereoi provided with a longitudinal channel for engagementwith the head of the rail, the

' opposite side of the platformv being inclined BEST ,QVAILABLE to horizontal planeand provided with a guiding-rib along the juncture of said inclined side and the adjacent surface of the platform, said platforms being likewise inclined in a downwardlj -curving line between thecenters of the guiding-ribs and said engaging Webs, one-of said members having-a channel between its longitudinal web and the inclined surface of the adjacent platform for the reception of the flange of the car-wheel.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my ownl have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

1 CHARLES. E. WISE. Witnesses: THOMAS NJCOY, J. K. FLETCHER. 

